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Closed Captioning Update

The STAO Safety Mindedness (SSM) program is an interactive online training program to train teachers on common safety-related issues in a typical Science (Grades 9–12) and Science and Technology (Grades K–8) programs. SSM is an easy to use, flexible and cost-effective strategy to meet your school’s safety training needs. The training provided by this program helps promote a culture of safety mindedness in your school. SSM has just been updated to include closed captioning.

Content

Both the elementary and secondary versions of SSM are divided into 8 convenient modules. The content of each module is consistent with STAO’s safety reference texts, ‘Safety in Elementary Science and Technology’ and ‘Safe On Science, Second Edition’.

Access

SSM is available, free of charge, to all teachers and can be accessed from the STAO website, blog, or via the following links. School boards are encouraged to run SSM off their internal servers at no cost. Contact info@stao.org for details.

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The OTF Summer Institutes, with the support of the Ministry of Education, are back. These three-day institutes give teachers the time to learn, reflect on classroom practice, and collaborate with peers. STAO is presenting the workshops described below as part of the OTF Summer Institutes 2018. Continue reading →